ImmPulse™ Immigration News Alerts

Canada permits students who graduate from approved Canadian educational institutions to receive open work permits. The validity period of such ‘Post-Graduate Work Permits’ (PGWP) corresponds to the length of the course of study, to a maximum of three years. These … Continued

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has announced a new pilot project to promote immigration to rural and northern communities so that they can meet their labour market needs. The program is rather complex, but some basic information is as … Continued

Over the last number of years, Canadian visa processing offices have moved away from direct intake of most immigration applications, and instead began utilizing Visa Application Centres (VACs) to screen incoming applications before they are provided to the visa processing … Continued

Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), which oversees the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, has recently announced that processing times for Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) has slowed due to increased volume. No clear details were given of specific processing timeframe … Continued

In 2014 Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced that, subject to certain exceptions, specialized knowledge Intra-Company Transferees were required to be paid at the prevailing wage for their occupation. (This provision does not apply to ICTs based on managerial … Continued

Generally speaking, employers hiring foreign workers in Canada must pay such foreign workers at least the ‘prevailing wage’ for that occupation in that location. These prevailing wage figures are set by the Canadian government, and specifically Employment and Social Development … Continued

There has been a great deal of media coverage in recent days, (and in the weeks and months before that) about the NAFTA negotiations, and the now (tentatively) renegotiated USMCA (United States, Mexico, Canada) agreement. Though much of the media … Continued

The International Experience Class (IEC) offers young people from various countries the opportunity to work in Canada under a relaxed work permit scheme. There are three types of work permits available under the IEC, which are: Working Holidays Open, non-employer-specific … Continued

As reported in earlier editions of ImmPulse™, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) has been partnering with the government of Alberta to restrict occupations for which Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) will be granted in in that province. These restrictions … Continued

For many work permit or other temporary Canadian immigration applications (and for all permanent residence applications), a police clearance certificates (PCC) is required. For temporary purposes, this typically occurs when an applicant for entry to Canada is potentially inadmissible due … Continued